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Geographic Information System for Design

INTRODUCTION

Concepts

1. What is Geographic Information System (GIS)
2. Understanding Coordinate Reference System/ Spatial Reference System used in GIS

Tasks

1. Site Analysis- University of Pennsylvania
2. Site Analysis - National University of Singapore

Sub-Tasks

1. Loading Google Map as Base Map
2. Search for Open Geospatial Data
- 2.1. Singapore Master Plan
- 2.2. Obtain Philadelphia Land Use
3. Import Shapefile into QGIS
4. Setting CRS, GRS or PCS
5. Zoom to Specified Long/Lat with CoordTransform Plugin
6. Merge Multiple Features Using Dissolve
7. Save a Feature Layer
8. Change the Colour and Opacity of a Polygon Feature Layer
9. Export Map as Image
10. Drawing in QGIS
11. Create Attribute
12. Delete Attribute
13. Turn on Snapping
14. Change the Fill of a Polyline Feature
15. Label Features
16. Clip Feature Layer
17. Categorise Polygon Feature Layer
18. Layout Manager
19. Clip Raster
20. Zoom to Specific Lat/Lon
21. Adjust Transparency of Google Map Layer
22. Draw Polygon with Advanced CAD Tool
23. Calculate Centroid
24. Draw a Circle/Square with Buffer
25. Turn off Invalid Features Filtering Option for the Clip Operation
26. Import Raster Layer
27. Categorise Raster Image Layer
28. Reprojecting Files
29. Polygonise Raster Image
30. Export Raster to XYZ file
31. Merge Point Clouds in Cloud Compare

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Search for Open Geospatial Data

2. Search for Open Geospatial Data#

Depending on the location of your site, you will have to go the respective local authority website to obtain open geospatial data.

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By Kian Wee Chen

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